Monday, March 20, 2006

Okay, not really. But I am still delighted to have found thisat my local grocery store. Trolling Devon in Chicago turned up no celebrity-emblazoned packaging, but the IGA in walking distance from my house came through. Is SRK actually on Lux packaging or just in ads? Because I would love some SRK soap.

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cool..that's one maggi i wont eat :-) SRK is on lux ads only, didn't see any packaging with him on it. You're in chicago .. I was there a year or so ago for a few weeks. commuting daily between Des Plaines and downtown chicago.

That is really sad about the soap. And I love the bathtub ad! Of course, I am not usually remotely swayed by Hollywood stars on products (although they don't seem to do that as much, at least not for stuff sold here), but there's something truly delightful in bumping into Preity at the grocery store. As it were. Something about the unexpected and the recognition - I was probably the only person in the store who knew she was a movie star and not just some chick with noodles.

Well, Kareena Kapoor is on Lux chocolate soap packaging ... it's a shame my local Indian store was already sold out when I came ... CHOCOLATE SOAP!!!! (Chocolate soap with SRK would be way better though ... )

SRK is a chain-smoking, 5 foot nothing, hamming idiot who cheated on his wife with Juhi Chawla. They had a huge raging affair. How can you guys idolise actors so much? Falling in love with characters in films is fine but a person whom you've never met, whom you only now through publicity articles? That's really wierd. Get a life and idolise people for their ideals, not because they look good on screen!

anonymous: You are completely entitled to your opinion, but then, so are we to our own idiosyncracies, including loving the on-screen avtaars of actors, without bothering about their off-screen escapades. We do it because we love doing it. I hope we have the right to these simple pleasures of life :-)

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Bong Along - a blog on vintage Bengali movies co-written by Indie Quill and me (and perhaps a few very friendly appearances by other friends as well).

Masala Zindabad - the podcast by Indie Quill and me, often featuring other writers and fans as guests. Masala Zindabad is an affectionate and thoughtful look at the broad range of themes that define Bollywood and make Bollywood defy definition. Available at iTunes.

Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit - the Agents of M.O.S.S. are a shadowy confederation of like-minded writers, broadcasters, creators, and jetsetters who have banded together in a bold mission to bring international intrigue and pop entertainment to the masses. Can anyone stand in the way of their diabolical schemes?

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